Creaming-can.



PATBNTED NOV. 24, 1903.

0. S. 0BBTZ. GREAMING (JAN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 28, 1903.

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NORRIS PETERS co. moruu'ruu. WASHINGTON; n. c)

Patented November 24, 1903.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. OBETZ, OF BELLEVILLE, OHIO.

CREAMlNG-CAN.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 744,789, dated-November24, 1903. Application filed March 28, 1903. Serial No. 149,969. (Nomodel.) 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. OBETZ, a citi- Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in (Dreaming-Cans; and I do 1 herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear,

' top by an overflow-pipe 10.

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates particularly to that class of milk cooling orcreaming cans in which the milk-can is contained within awater vesseland-in which a vertical tube extends within the can.

The object of the invention is to form an improved device of the kindstated in which a circulation of water is provided through the centraltube.

A further object is to generally improve the construction of such cans.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the can.Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 is a top plan View, partlyin section, with the cover removed.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates an outer water-canwhich is closed at the top by a cover 7, having at the center thereof anopening containing a strainer 8 andstrainer-cover 9. The-can is tappedat the bottom by a faucet 10, whereby the water may be drawn off whendesired, and near the Within the water-can and spaced from the bottomand sides thereof is a milk-can 11, through'which extends a centralvertical tube 12, which is closed at the top except where it receivesthe pipe 13, which extends thence through the side of both cans and hasat the outer end a funnel 14, forming an inlet for the watersupply. Thetube 12 is open at the lower end and communicates with the water-spaceunder 4 5 the milk-can. The milk-can is tapped at the bottom by adraw-0E faucet 15, which extends through the side of the watercan. Themilkcan is supported in position in the water-can by the inlet andoutlet pipes and by a rest 16 under the bottom of the former.

At 17 and 18 are indicated gage-glasses in the sides of the milk-can andWater-can,respectively. These glasses cover registering open- 'ings inthe sides of both cans, so that the milk in the inner can can be seenfrom the outside without removing the cover. The height of milk andwater in the respective cans can thus be seen.

The milk may be poured into the milk-can through the strainer 8 withoutremoving the cover 7. The water-circulation takes place through the pipe13 and down through the I water-tube 12 and thence up around the outsideof the milk-can and out through the over 6 flow. The presence of thecooling-water at both the center and outside of the milk-can effectsrapid creaming or cooling and the arrangement of milk and water inletsand outlets is such that the cans do not have to be removed or separatedin the use of the device.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v Thecombination with a water-can, and a milk can within the same spaced fromthe 7'5 sides and bottom thereof, of a central vertical tube in themilk-can, extending through the bottom thereof and closed at the top,and a water-inlet pipe extending through the sides of both cans and intothe upper end of the tube. v

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES S. OBETZ.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL ELBE, H. S. GARBER.

